This Years Artists

Watling & Bates

Watling & Bates are songwriters from Unumgar NSW. Their new album Small Town Tales traps stories in amber like insects drawn relentlessly to a confounding light. Dances in country halls, road trips across the Nullabor, and cold mornings in the country shape up alongside the darker tales of human misgivings. Banjo, fiddle, and guitar kick up a dusty road with straw hat, full skirt, and solid pair of boots.